US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 8 for "Fixing device having holding member with multiple groove portions" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,399, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Fixing device having holding member with multiple groove portions" was invented by Tomoaki Tanto (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device has a heating member for fixing a toner image and a holding member holding the heating member. The holding member includes a first groove portion on one end portion side of the holding member in a longitudinal direction of the holding member, the heating member being fitted into the first groove portion; a second groove portion closer to a central portion of the holding member in the longitudinal direction than the fir...